ANN ARBOR—The Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan has hired five new faculty members, bringing the total faculty in the multidisciplinary research institute to 25.

The latest LSI recruits include two new researchers for the U-M Center for Stem Cell Biology, two chemists and a geneticist. Three of the five are women. Each scientist was jointly recruited in collaboration with other U-M departments, including the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the College of Pharmacy, and the department of human genetics in the U-M Medical School.

” These stellar recruits bring a breadth and depth to our life sciences research and firmly establish the LSI as a significant presence in scientific discovery,” said U-M President Mary Sue Coleman. ” LSI has succeeded in its mission to bring scientists from different disciplines together to encourage them to look for important problems that can be addressed from the many perspectives where their expertise lies.”

The new LSI faculty:

Kate S. Carroll, PhD, studies the biology of sulfur-containing compounds that play an important role in immune diseases and antibiotic resistance. Carroll joined the LSI in summer 2006 as an assistant research professor, and will also be an assistant professor of Chemistry in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She recently received a Special Fellow Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Association. She completed her Damon Runyon postdoctoral fellowship in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in Carolyn Bertozzi’s lab. A California native, she received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Mills College and her PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford University.

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, PhD, studies organic compounds that may help inhibit microbial agents and cancer cells. Garneau-Tsodikova joined the LSI as an assistant research professor in August 2006. She is also the John G. Searle assistant professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the College of Pharmacy. A French Canadian, Garneau received her undergraduate and master’s degrees in organic chemistry from Universit